Another name for moon, besides mahina, is malama. Please don’t confuse this word with mālama, meaning to care for.

While mahina and malama both refer to month as well as moon (see the connection between the moon cycle and month? It is all about the moon!!!!), we tend to use, in modern day, mahina for moon more often than not, and malama for month, more often than not.

Nā hoa ʻaka o ke one hāuli o ka malama – Laughing friends–when the sands look dark in the moonlight (said of friends who will laugh and play in the moonlight but who will not lend a hand when daylight and labor needs to be done).

Kaelo. O ka eiwa keia o na malama ma ka helu Hawaii, a o Sepatemaba hoi i ka helu haole. O ka mea i kapaia ai keia malama he malama ua keia, a puluelo, a eloelo no hoi i ka pulu i ka ua. – Kāʻelo – This is the ninth month in Hawaiian counting, and September is its “English” reference. This month is called the rainy month, drenched in rain, and indeed, it is soggy, wet with rain. (Ka Hoʻoilina)